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We celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family on Sunday following Christmas Day. We all know how important the family is. It is the basic cell of the society. In fact it is one’s first community. It is the domestic church. It is where we all came from, where our …

“During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth” (Lk 1:39-40). Mary was in haste. She wasted no time to visit her cousin and come to her assistance. Let us …

Just recently, i’ve been hearing stories of burglaries in Batangas. Home theives seem to be very active this month, just in time for bonuses and Christmas cash gifts. At any rate, these thieves are more easily thwarted if we Batanguenos know how to employ some simple security precautions. Lock up …

The Bridge of Promise connecting the villages of Kumintang Ibaba and Gulod Labac is still impassable. To avoid disruption of transport of compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas, the Department of Energy (DOE) found an alternative route going to the Tabangao, Batangas where the CNG loading station is …

Tagged as the ‘poor man’s drink’, lambanog (coconut wine or coconut vodka) is an alcoholic beverage distilled from the sap of unopened coconut flower. Lambanog is famous in Quezon province and in San Juan, Batangas where coconut trees grow in abundance. How to make lambanog? Every afternoon, the mangangarit (the …

“What must we do?” The question was asked three times in this Sunday’s Gospel (December 13, 2009). It is a question of someone who wants to be converted. Genuine conversion never consists in just entertaining profound feelings or noble thoughts; it must translate into concrete course of action. It is …

Good news everyone! A new route of the roll-on, roll-off nautical highway (Ro-Ro) from Dumaguit Port in Aklan to Batangas in southern Luzon via Odiongan, Romblon has recently been opened to the public. The new Ro-Ro route will ferry people, goods, services and even useful recyclable materials back and forth …

“And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand” (Luke 21:27-28). The key word is “COMING”. Yes, Jesus is coming. The word …